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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1936.10.10
People
William Rimmer, American (Liverpool, England 1816 - 1879 S. Milford, MA)
Title
Shepherd
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1869
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/306784

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
17.8 x 25.6 cm (7 x 10 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, lower center: WR
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite, signed: by W. Rimmer / (C.H.R.)
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: 391-9

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
From the artist to his daughter Caroline Hunt Rimmer, at his death, 1879; to her niece Edith Rimmer Durham Simonds, 1918; purchased by the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Louise E. Bettens Fund
Accession Year
1936
Object Number
1936.10.10
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jeffrey Weidman, "William Rimmer: Critical Catalogue Raisonné" (Thesis, Indiana University, 1981), Indiana University, no. 171, p. 954, illus. 244

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